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Employer of record, or your own payroll in the Netherlands?
Want to hire people in the Netherlands without setting up a Dutch company? An employer of record employs them on your behalf. There is another route: your foreign company registers as a Dutch employer itself, and we run the payroll.
Your own Dutch payroll, at a fixed fee
Registration as an employer and the monthly payroll for each employee: payslip, payroll return and annual statement.
Two routes
- Employer of record: a third party becomes the formal employer of your staff in the Netherlands and charges you a fee per employee
- Your own registration: your foreign company registers with the Dutch tax authorities as an employer, with the Registration form Foreign companies, and runs Dutch payroll for its own employees
When your company has to withhold payroll taxes
A foreign employer must withhold Dutch payroll taxes when it has a permanent establishment or a permanent representative in the Netherlands, or when it makes staff available to a third party established here. Without that, it can choose to withhold voluntarily. Social security contributions follow where the employee is insured, not the withholding obligation.
What your own registration means
- The employees stay employed by your own company
- We register your company as an employer and set up the Dutch payroll
- Every month the payslips, the payroll return and the payment overview; every year the annual statements
- Your company stays liable for the payroll taxes, also when we run the payroll
What we do
Registration as an employer, including setting up the payroll: € 195 one-off. Payroll per employee: € 25 per month. See payroll for foreign employers.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need a Dutch entity to employ people in the Netherlands?
No. A foreign company can register as a Dutch employer itself, or use an employer of record.
Who is the employer with an employer of record?
The employer of record is the formal employer. With your own registration, your own company remains the employer.
What does our own payroll cost with you?
€ 195 one-off for the registration and set-up, then € 25 per employee per month, excl. VAT.
Hiring in the Netherlands? Tell us how many people and where they live.
Tell us briefly what is going on. Within one working day you hear what we can do for you and what it costs, before we start.
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